Experience

Physician Assistant Education Association

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Feature Editor

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Feature Editor for the Journal of Physician Assistant Education

• Member - Diversity & Inclusion Mission Advancement Commission

  • Jan 2019 - Present

• Member -Research Mission Advancement Commission

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2019



Meharry Medical College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assessment Director | Physician Assistant Sciences Program

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Assessment Director & Associate ProfessorPhysician Assistant Sciences Program Assessment Director & Associate ProfessorPhysician Assistant Sciences Program



Morehouse School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor & Director of Curriculum Innovation and Evaluation | Physician Assistant Program

  • Feb 2020 - Sep 2021



Mercer University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies

  • Jul 2014 - Feb 2020

  Grant Support:HRSA Primary Care Training and Enhancement Program (T0BHP29306) 9/1/15 – 6/30/20Role: Project Director and Principle Investigator Total Funding: $1,126,390Mercer Physician Assistant/Public Health Traineeship Program Description: The aim of this grant is to provide PA trainees with public health training; further intensify efforts to recruit underrepresented minorities, persons from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds, and veterans; and to prepare providers to deliver comprehensive care in underserved areasMercer University Seed Grant 7/1/15 – 6/30/16Role: Principle Investigator Total Funding: $3,992Assessing the Effects of Environmental Inequalities on Health Outcomes Description: The goal of this study is to determine the spatial relationship (using GIS software) between residential proximity to major roadways, neighborhood air quality, supermarket accessibility and health outcome.



Emory University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Asthma Clinical Research Program

  • May 2011 - Jun 2014

  Lead scientific investigator for a self-designed clinical study that examines the role of dietary sulfur amino acids and oxidant stress in childhood asthma.Publications:P. K. Sah, W. G. Teague, K.A. Demuth, D. R. Whitlock, S. D. Brown, A.M. Fitzpatrick. Poor Asthma Control in Obese Children May Be Overestimated Because of Enhanced Perception of Dyspnea. Allergy Clin. Immunol-In Practice. 1:39-45(2013)S.D. Brown, H. Calver, and A.M. Fitzpatrick. Vitamin D and asthma. Dermatoendocrinol. 4(2): 137–145. (2012) PMID:22928069 S.D. Brown, K.M. Baxter, S.T. Stephenson, A.M. Esper, L.A.S Brown, and A.M. Fitzpatrick. Airway TGFβ1 and oxidant stress in children with severe asthma: Association with airflow limitation. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 129(2):388-396. (2012) PMID: 22206775



Emory University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters in Clinical Research Program

  • Aug 2009 - Mar 2011

• Doctoral Research Fellow, Molecular and Systems Pharmacology graduate program

  • Aug 2005 - Mar 2011

  Thesis Advisor: Dr. Lou Ann S. Brown Thesis: Role of Chronic Alcohol Ingestion on Pulmonary Macrophage Maturation and Function Description: Proficiently performed comprehensive basic science, translation, and clinical research examining the role of alcohol abuse in alveolar and interstitial macrophage dysfunction and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).Publications:S.D. Brown, and L.A.S. Brown. Ethanol induced TGF-β1 and ROS production are necessary for ethanol induced alveolar macrophage dysfunction and induction of alternative activation. Alcohol Clin. Exp.Res. 36(11):1952-62. (2012) PMID: 22551312S.D. Brown, T.W. Gauthier, and L.A.S. Brown. Impaired terminal differentiation of pulmonary macrophages in a guinea pig model of chronic ethanol ingestion. Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res. 33(10):1782-93. (2009) PMID: 19645732



Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

• PREP Scholar

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2005

  Research Project: Persistent Disruption of an Established Morphine-Conditioned Place Preference Description: Conducted independent research on the ability of protein synthesis inhibition to disrupt an established drug memory using rodent morphine conditioned place preference, intracranial cannula implantation, intracranial injections, cryostat dissection, and brain histology. Publication: M. Milekic, S.D. Brown, C. Castellini, and C.M. Alberini. Persistent disruption of an established morphine conditioned place preference. J. Neurosci. 26: 3010-3020. (2006) PMID: 16540579



Spelman College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• B.S. Biology

  • Aug 2000 - May 2004